Mild-to-moderate obstructive sleep apnea is associated with hypertension, diabetes
Preliminary data from two studies suggest that mild-to-moderate obstructive sleep apnea is associated with an increased risk of developing hypertension ...
Sleep regularity is important for the happiness and well-being of college students
Preliminary results from the "SNAPSHOT study", an NIH-funded collaborative research project between the Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders at ...
Social jet lag is associated with worse mood, poorer health and heart disease
Preliminary results of a new study show that social jet lag has emerged as an important circadian marker for health ...
Treating depression w/ software: Tech from Mount Sinai steps into the digital healthcare universe
A treatment for depression using Emotional Faces Memory Task (EFMT), a technology originally developed by two Mount Sinai researchers, resulted ...
Four Dana-Farber Researchers awarded prestigious ‘outstanding investigator awards’
BOSTON -- The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has awarded four Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researchers with Outstanding Investigator Awards (OIA) for ...
‘Hail Mary’ mechanism can rescue cells with severely damaged chromosomes
Credit: Sullivan Lab, UC Santa Cruz The DNA vital to the life of a cell is packaged in chromosomes, and ...
Adding abiraterone to standard treatment improves prostate cancer survival by 40 percent
Adding abiraterone to hormone therapy at the start of treatment for prostate cancer improves survival by 37 per cent, according ...
Immunotherapy drug effective for metastatic triple negative breast cancer
The immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab--already FDA-approved for other forms of cancer-has been found to be effective in patients with metastatic triple ...
Penn effort to expand trials of olaparib leads to new treatment options for patients with advanced BRCA-related breast cancer
Credit: Penn Medicine CHICAGO -- Six years ago an international team of physician scientists known as BRCA-TAC led a charge ...
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria in ready-to-eat foods
New Orleans, LA - June 4, 2017 -Research presented at the ASM Microbe 2017 meeting by Bryan Sanchez of California ...
Web-based system for self-reporting symptoms helps patients live longer
ASCO Perspective "Online technologies have transformed communications in practically every aspect of our lives, and now we're seeing they're also ...
Abiraterone slows advanced prostate cancer, helps patients live longer
ASCO Perspective "This study provides strong evidence to support adding abiraterone to standard hormone therapy, primarily for men with metastatic ...
Olaparib slows growth of BRCA-related metastatic breast cancer
ASCO Perspective "These long-awaited findings show that this new class of treatment can deliver better results for women with BRCA-positive ...
New drug shows durable efficacy across diverse pediatric and adult cancers
ASCO Perspective "Though the study is small and early, it demonstrates compelling evidence that may pave the way for a ...
New technology dives deep into the cancer genome
ASCO Perspective "We continue to see promising reports about possible uses of circulating tumor DNA analysis. While this approach has ...
Cancer patients who systematically reported their symptoms lived longer
Credit: Brian Strickland/UNC Lineberger CHICAGO-Cancer patients who reported their symptoms to their cancer care providers using a web-based survey lived ...
Routine genomic testing is feasible, but only a subset of patients benefit
ASCO Perspective "This study gives more validation for the use of genomics in clinical practice and shows it could very ...
Steady decrease in severe health problems for childhood cancer survivors
ASCO Perspective "Perhaps no other area of oncology has seen such dramatic progress in treatment over the past decades as ...
Two combination therapies shrink melanoma brain metastases in more than half of patients
CHICAGO - High response rates to a pair of combination therapies point to potentially new options for a group of ...
Increasing susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus in the United States
New Orleans, LA - June 4, 2017 - Findings from a study that looked at susceptibility trends of Staphylococcus aureus ...
